Geert Wilders tells Germans to forget Nazis and oppose Islam

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The far-right Dutch populist Geert Wilders won a rousing reception in a
meeting behind closed doors in Berlin that directly challenged Angela Merkel
and urged Germans to form a new party to fight Islam.

Mr Wilders, whose Freedom Party has a pivotal role in propping up the new
centre-right Dutch Government, faces charges today in Amsterdam of inciting
racial hatred by comparing the Koran to Mein Kampf. As a result he
has been toning down his rhetoric in the Netherlands over the past
fortnight. But in Berlin at the weekend he let loose, drawing thunderous
applause from more than 500